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Oklahoma vs. Kent St Football Prediction & Odds - Oct. 4
The No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (4-0) host the Kent State Golden Flashes (1-3) at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Watch college football live without cable. Stream ACC, SEC, ESPN and more with Fubo. What is Fubo?...

‘Media Need to Report on the Real Cost of Data Centers’: CounterSpin interview with Jai Dulani and Vivek Bharathan on data center opposition
Janine Jackson interviewed MediaJustice’s Jai Dulani and Vivek Bharathan of the No Desert Data Center Coalition about data center opposition for the September 26, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript....

Oklahoma, ICE Remove 130 Truck Drivers From Roads in Three-Day Crackdown: 'Oklahomans Deserve Safe Highways'
Oklahoma officials said 130 commercial truck drivers were arrested and removed from the road during a three-day immigration enforcement operation at the Beckham County Port of Entry. The effort, carried out along with U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Viral Message Board Post Sparks Wild John Mateer Rumor Ahead of Oklahoma-Texas Clash
Getty John Mateer gets wild Texas prediction from message board source. John Mateer has brought high expectations back to the Oklahoma football program not seen in years. After four games, the Sooners are off to a 4-0 start (1-0 SEC) with two...

Stephanie Pineda's passion drives her to national boxing gold in Tulsa | Sports Spotlight
Stephanie Pineda became Reading's first youth national champion after winning at the 2025 USA Boxing National Open. HARRISBURG, Pa. — A young women's boxing prodigy who trains at Harrisburg's UNITE Central Pa. Boxing Gym is making a name for...

Oklahoma one step closer to using long-forbidden security tool in prisons
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 30, to propose rules authorizing state and local correctional facilities...

QBU? Every Oklahoma quarterback from 2015-23 set to start in NFL this weekend
The Oklahoma Sooners didn’t exactly have a history of quarterbacks finding success in the NFL, but that’s changed in a big way over the past decade. This weekend in the NFL will emphasize that like never before. After the Cleveland Browns...

Oklahoma State vs Arizona Prediction, Picks & Odds for October 4 — College Football Week 6
Photo By - Imagn Images. Arizona Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita (11) against the Arizona State Sun Devils. If there was ever a get-right team for the Arizona Wildcats to host after suffering their first loss of the season, the Oklahoma State...

Famed Oklahoma Music Venue, The Wormy Dog Saloon, Posts Cryptic Message 8 Years After Closing Its Doors
Ragweed is back together, and now the Wormy Dog Saloon is posting cryptic messages. What did we do to deserve this? The Wormy Dog Saloon was a staple venue in the Oklahoma and Red Dirt country music scene. The dive bar first opened in Stillwater,...

L-Acoustics K3i Professional Audio System Offers Chapman Music Hall at Tulsa Performing Arts Center Great Sound and Fantastic Flexibility
Designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, Chapman Music Hall, the largest of four venues at Oklahoma’s Tulsa Performing Arts Center (TPAC), has showcased the performances of many world-renowned talents. The space has hosted the likes of Tony Bennett,...

A Grip On Sports: The NCAA does one thing really well – making everyone wait while the organization drags its feet
A GRIP ON SPORTS • The NCAA’s bureaucracy moves in strange ways. Slowly, too. That hasn’t changed despite the earthquakes that have hit the organization in the past decade or two. ••••••• • Need convincing? You shouldn’t, but we will oblige. With...

Heading to LA for the Olympics? If you’re into these sports, you’re in the wrong state
OKLAHOMA CITY — Some of the events planned for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 are far from the heart of the city. There’s soccer at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (11 miles from downtown LA). There’s volleyball in Anaheim (30 miles)....

What is the Oklahoma Turnaround Team?
On Thursday afternoon, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Lindel Fields as the new State Superintendent of Education, and with that announcement came the introduction of the Oklahoma State Department of Education Turnaround Team. Stitt said...

Oklahoma Neighbors Help ‘Lost’ Child, Uncover Abuse Case
Vigilant neighbors recently got involved when a child was seen wandering the streets in Moore, Oklahoma. Soon, however, they realized that something more sinister was going on. Once local police got involved with the case, the case eventually led...

As FanDuel Sports Network builds production hub in Denver, workers say move will hurt broadcasts
FanDuel Sports Network, a broadcaster of baseball, basketball and hockey teams throughout the U.S., is relocating some of its production roles to a hub in Denver, rankling sports television crews. The changes are a cost-cutting measure that...

Oklahoma’s Own Podcast: Why Javonnie Gibson Could Be a Breakout Star for Oklahoma Football
Few names around Oklahoma’s program are sparking more curiosity right now than wide receiver Javonnie Gibson. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff transfer has been working his way back from injury, and both Brent Venables and offensive coordinator Ben...

Affirming The Oklahoman libeled teacher, appellate court would cut $25 million damages to $7.5 million
An Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals panel affirmed a libel verdict Wednesday against The Oklahoman for the publication’s false identification of former football coach Scott Sapulpa as the broadcast announcer who uttered a racial slur in 2021 when a...

Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges in Oklahoma
Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges in Oklahoma On Thursday, Robert Preston Morris, the founder of the Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. FRONTS....

Cleveland County deputies enlisted to assist Oklahoma town with 1 officer
Cleveland County deputies enlisted to assist Oklahoma town with 1 officer Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office officials on Thursday said they would be “immediately” increasing patrol coverage within the city of Lexington as they will soon will have...

Born on This Day in 1948, the Record-Breaking Rodeo Cowboy Musician Garth Brooks Offered To Donate His Liver To
For a rare and lucky few, their lives are so pioneering, record-breaking, and downright fascinating that they manage to earn a spot in country music fame without a massive catalogue of hits, and Chris LeDoux is undoubtedly one of them. The country...